diff --git a/configuration.c b/configuration.c
index 0243e6a38b..4f1da3310b 100644
--- a/configuration.c
+++ b/configuration.c
@@ -2013,7 +2013,7 @@ static config_file_t *open_default_config_file(void)
 
    (void)path_size;
 
-#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(_XBOX)
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(_XBOX) && !defined(__WINRT__)
    fill_pathname_application_path(app_path, path_size);
    fill_pathname_resolve_relative(conf_path, app_path,
          file_path_str(FILE_PATH_MAIN_CONFIG), path_size);
diff --git a/file_path_special.c b/file_path_special.c
index e58d10032f..85313af6b4 100644
--- a/file_path_special.c
+++ b/file_path_special.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 
 bool fill_pathname_application_data(char *s, size_t len)
 {
-#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(_XBOX)
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(_XBOX) && !defined(__WINRT__)
 #ifdef LEGACY_WIN32
    const char *appdata = getenv("APPDATA");